Genesis - 24:56



56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 24:56.

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And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
Stay me not, said he, because the Lord hath prospered my way: send me away, that I may go to my master.
And he saith unto them, 'Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;'
And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.
"Do not be willing," he said, "to delay me, for the Lord has directed my way. Release me, so that I may journey to my lord."
Et dixit ad eos, Ne retardetis me, quando Iehova secundavit viam meam: dimittite me, et ibo ad dominum meum.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he said unto them, hinder me not,.... Do not detain me, let me set forward on my journey:
seeing, the Lord hath prospered my way; succeeded him in what he came about; and by his being succeeded so well, and so soon, it seemed to be the mind of the Lord that he should hasten his journey homeward:
send me away, that I may go to my master; and carry him the good news of his success, and attend his domestic affairs, over which he was set.

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